Suspender-clasp



(No Model.)

J. N. FAUS'I. SUSPENDER GLASP.

No. 474,060. Patented May 3, 1892.

minesses 'NITED EST TES PATENT OFFICE.

JACOB N. FAUST, OF ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS.

SUSPENDER-CLASP.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 474,060, dated May 3,1892.

Application filed October 24, 1890. Serial No. 369,243. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it. known that I, JACOB N. FAUsT, a citizen of the United States,residing at Rockford, in the countyof Winnebago and State of Illinois,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Suspender-Clasps,of which the following is a specification.

The object of this invention is to construct a Suspender-clasp of asingle piece of metal provided with teeth, so that it can be bent inthree folds, between which the two branches of the suspender areclamped.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a face View of thesuspender-clasp in position. Fig. 2 is an outstretched representation ofthe clasp. Fig. 3 is a cross-section of the suspender-clasp on dottedline a, Fig. 1.

This clasp consists of a central portion 3 and two side portions 4 and5. The central portion is provided with slots 6 down each side and slots7 around the upper end. Both side portions are provided with teeth orprongs 8, and the side portion 4 has an end extension 9.

In placing the clasp in position the three sections are folded upon eachother, so that the middle section will he in the center. The

extension 9 is bent around the loop 10 of the rear Suspender-end. Thetwo portions 1 and 2 of the snspender are then placed in position, sothat the middle portion of the clasp will separate them, and when soplaced the parts are pressed together, so that the prong of each outersection will pass through the fabric of the suspender and through theslots of the middle section and clinch upon the opposite outer section,as clearly shown at Fig. 3. By thus joining the back portion of thesuspender the prongs are out of sight and a smooth exterior surface ispresented.

I claim as my invention 1. A clasp for a suspender, consisting of ametallic plate comprising a center sect1on provided with slots atintervals along ts outer edges, two side sections provided with teethalong their outer edges, and an extension depending from one of saidsections.

2. A clasp for a Suspender, consisting of a metallic plate comprising acenter section provided with slots at intervals along its outer edgesand upper end, two side sections provided with teeth along their outeredges and upper ends, and an extension depending from one of saidsections.

JACOB N. FAUST.

Witnesses;

A. O. BEHEL, E. BEHEL.

